Grade 3 Pacing Guide Overview 2015-16
The Pacing Guide Overview is a quick look at the school year. It provides suggested time frames for each unit
in Math Expressions across the 2015-16 calendar year. Please refer to the Pacing Guides for each individual
instructional block for detailed information on the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
SLCSD Instructional Blocks and Math Expressions (MX) Units and Lessons
Instructional Block 1: MX Unit 1 and 2
MX Unit 1 Multiplication and Division with 0-5, 9, and 10
 Lessons 1-6: Meanings of Multiplication and Division: 5s and 2s
 Lessons 7-9: Patterns and Strategies: 9s and 10s
 Lessons 10-14: Strategies for Factors and Products: 3s and 4s
 Lessons 15-19: Multiply with 1 and 0
General Education Pacing
August 24 – Nov. 6
August 24 – September 30
19 Lessons: 26 days
Lessons 6, 9, 14, and 18 may take 2 days
MX Unit 2 Multiplication and Division with 6s, 7s, 8s and Multiply with
Multiples of 10
 Lessons 1-8: The Remaining Multiplications
 Lessons 9-15: Problem Solving and Multiples of 10
Lessons 8, 13, and 14 may take 2 days
Instructional Block 2: MX Unit 7, engageny and MX Unit 3
MX Unit 7 Explore Fractions
 Lessons 1- 5: Fraction Concepts
 Lessons 6-9: Equivalent Fractions
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Module 5 Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line
Lesson 8: Represent part of one whole as fractions with number bonds
Lesson 16: Place whole number fractions and fractions between whole
numbers on the number line
Lesson 22: Generate simple equivalent fractions by using visual fraction
models and the number line
October 1 - November 6
15 Lessons: 24 days
Interim 1: November 6
Nov. 9 – Jan. 22
November 9 – December 11
12 Lessons: 21 days
*Block 5 includes more of engageny Module 5. Based on student needs, you may include
more of these lessons during this block.
MX Unit 3 Measurement, Time and Graphs
 Lessons 1-5: Length, Capacity, Weight, and Mass
 Lessons 6-10: Time and Date
 Lessons 11-15: Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Plots
December 14 - January 22
15 Lessons: 19 days
Interim 2: January 22
Lessons 1, 11, and 13 may take 2 days
Grade 3 Pacing Guide Overview 2015-16
Instructional Block 3: MX Unit 4 and 5
MX Unit 4 Multidigit Addition and Subtraction
 Lessons 1-6: Understand Place Value and Rounding
 Lessons 7-10: Addition and Subtraction Strategies and Group to Add
 Lessons 11-18: Ungroup to Subtract
Jan. 25 – March 30
January 25 – February 26
18 Lessons: 24 days
Lessons 8 and 11 may take 2 days
MX Unit 5 Write Equations to Solve Word Problems
 Lessons 1-6: Types of Word Problems
 Lessons 7-11: Solve Two-Step Word Problems
February 29 - March 30
11 Lessons: 17 days
Interim 3: March 30
Lessons 5 and 8 may take 2 days
Instructional Block 4: MX Unit 6
March 31 – April 29
MX Unit 6 Polygons, Perimeter, and Area
 Lessons 1-4: Analyzing Triangles and Quadrilaterals
 Lessons 5-11: Area and Perimeter
March 31- April 29
11 Lessons: 22 days
Interim 4: April 29
Lessons 5 and 10 may take 2 days
Instructional Block 5: engageny Math Module 5
May 2 – June 3
Review for SAGE based on student need
engage ny Math Module 5: Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line
 Topic D: Lessons 14-19: Fractions on the Number Line
 Topic E: Lessons 20 -27 Equivalent Fractions
 Topic F: Lessons 28 - 30 Comparison, Order, and Size of Fractions
May 2 – June 3
17 lessons: 23 days
STMath: SLCSD Recommended Curriculum Order
Multiplication Concepts→ Multiplication→Division Concepts→Division→Multiplication and Division
Situations→Multiplication and Division Relationships→ Fractions Concepts→Fractions on the Number
Line→Comparing Fractions→ Volume and Weight→Time to the Minute→Intervals of Time→Scale and
Measurement in Graphing→Place Value Concepts→Rounding Three-Digit Numbers→Addition and
Subtraction with Regrouping→Addition and Subtraction within 1000→Unknowns in Two-Step
Problems→Shapes→Concepts of Area and Perimeter→Number Patterns→Challenge
For more information on the pacing of lessons, see page xxx in MX Teacher Edition.